Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 648 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 122 102% 129 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 492 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1470 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 56 188979544091 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9435960846 (F7) Unknown 100 100 103134158 (F8) Unknown 100 100 325673736	96.3% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 305 Mixed 374 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 32.5 157% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 47.2 86% 168 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 97%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6033369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 43946105397527 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2601 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 281 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 55837392923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6033369 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6033369 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6033369 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16451 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12291 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12291 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12518	71.2% Very good	Read 487 Write 120 Mixed 177 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 16.2 134% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 40.7 57% 106 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 81%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 15GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4592897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -79671643317702 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2496 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 202 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 44 60132425758 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 60132425758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4592897 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4592897 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4592897 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5811 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3806 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3806 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7567	77.4% Very good	Read 504 Write 145 Mixed 213 62% 288 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 20.3 142% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 41.1 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 190300048 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4511897 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4000 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 190300048 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27444841021945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3953655944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1936265854	79.1% Very good	Read 161 Write 114 Mixed 90.3 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 3.93 4K Mixed 0.39 149% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 832GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 70.4 Write 77.4 Mixed 66.3 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 635GB free Firmware: MZ4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 93 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21492400397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2980 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4839 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4839 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 210454446111 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 63	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 94.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16